#4ACAE4#4ACAE4

#4ACAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.116 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ACAE4
RGB	rgb(74, 202, 228)
HSL	hsl(190, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -26.82, -23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 35.43, 220.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.096 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.116 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9423, 49.2941, 80.8988)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ACAE4 #E4644A

analogous

#4AE4B1 #4ACAE4 #4A7DE4

triadic

#4ACAE4 #E44ACA #CAE44A

tetradic

#4ACAE4 #B14AE4 #E4644A #7DE44A

square

#4ACAE4 #B14AE4 #E4644A #7DE44A

split-complementary

#4ACAE4 #E44A7D #E4B14A

monochromatic

#17869C #1FB3D2 #4ACAE4 #7FDAEC #B5E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#4ACAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#4ACAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ACAE4

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ACAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ACAE4	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4acae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 202, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.116 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdaec',
    500: '#4acae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4acae4;
$custom-light: #8fdaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4acae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.13,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77938,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ACAE4

secondary

#E3B1A7

accent

#5637F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ACAE4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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